Giant pink paper hearse alert
New York designer Paul Sahre has brought his sleeve artwork for They Might Be Giants to life on a grand scale with a video featuring a gigantic pink paper hearse. And you can make your own
Hyland makes his mark
Anyone going along to Pentagram partner Angus Hyland’s Typographic Circle talk tonight can look forward to an added bonus: Hyland will be giving away some rather beautiful posters designed for the occasion
D&AD 50: Time & Place, 1969
To mark its 50th birthday, D&AD is delving into its archive to highlight significant pieces of work that have featured in the awards. CR will be publishing one a week. This week we have a groovy club identity created by one of the great, but perhaps now neglected, names of British graphic design, Negus & Negus
Photo50: The New Alchemists
At a time when many are mourning the demise of film and traditional photography techniques, an exhibition at this year’s London Art Fair, Photo50, introduces a group of artists who are experimenting with analogue in new and unexpected ways…
Olympics-inspired graphic fun
Two self initiated, Olympics-inspired projects arrived at CR towers this week. First up is hat-trick’s tiny Olympic Non-Events book which sees Otl Aicher-like icons created to illustrate various well known metaphorical phrases…
SOPA: friend or foe to the creative community?
Websites across the world went ‘dark’ yesterday in protest over SOPA and PIPA, two pieces of legislation that many believe will fatally damage the free and open internet. As both creators and consumers of content, where do CR readers stand on the issue of copyright online?
Want a Steve Jobs doll? Buyer beware
Illustrator Karen Caldicott created a portrait of Steve Jobs in her trademark clay style for Fortune Magazine in 2007. Imagine her surprise when she recently found her image being used to advertise a Jobs figure for sale on eBay: one which bears little resemblance to her original
A conference for the North
Co-founder of Troika Conny Freyer, Matt Clark of United Visual Artists and Designers Republic’s Ian Anderson lead a strong line-up of speakers for Made North, a design conference at FACT in Liverpool
FWA Site of the Year Winners Announced
The votes have been counted and verified, and we can now reveal that the winner of the FWA Site of the Year Award for 2011 is… The Museum of Me for Intel.
The Good Times is here
The Good Times is The Church of London’s response to the January blues and the result of a week-long project to write, design and print a one-off newspaper which celebrates only good news
Designer kitchens
Carl Kleiner photographed the ingredients for Ikea’s Homebaked is Best recipe book in 2010. His latest work for the brand’s kitchenware revisits the same minimalist, if slightly obsessive, aesthetic
Random acts of design
The Random Project 2012 invites everyone to design a postcard relating to an aspect of London, the Olympics or 2012. Each participant will be sent a randomly generated word which they have to respond to
Creative Review’s Annual Awards 2025 are officially open for entries
One of the most respected and trusted awards for the advertising and design industries are back for 2025. Run, don’t walk to get your entries in before the Early Bird Deadline on 25 October
How to scale your design business
Growth is a dream for many businesses, but it comes with challenges. Daisy Crowder, brand and marketing director at design recruitment agency Craft, offers advice on how to navigate the change and keep staff on side
Cultivating community with Ganni
The Danish luxury fashion label has spearheaded the characterful evolution of Scandi style. Here, chief brand officer Priya Matadeen discusses its approach to collabs, the pressures of being a responsible brand, and how Ganni Girls grew from a hashtag to a badge of belonging
Why are brands apologising so much right now?
Brands are saying sorry at a more rapid rate than ever. CR’s advertising columnist Ben Kay delves into why sorry is no longer the hardest word and whether this is an effective strategy for winning audiences
How Guinness embraced social
By loosening its approach to advertising, and engaging with its audience directly, the drinks brand has transformed with the times and won a whole new set of fans
Tracing Banksy’s art history remixes
Kelly Grovier’s new book charts the artist’s persistent dialogue with classic and contemporary art
How Lego creates meaningful brand experiences
We speak to Lego’s VP of global brand development Alero Akuya about the brand’s rare ability to straddle the physical and virtual worlds with ease – whether through its immersive new art exhibition in Paris or collaborations with Epic Games and Nike
Matt Willey brings a human touch to Kaos titles
The Pentagram partner has created the titles for the acclaimed new Netflix show, which reimagines the Greek myths in a contemporary setting
A visual history of movie posters
A new book from Reel Art Press collates the first comprehensive history of film posters. We explore why they remain an underappreciated area of cultural design
The Monthly Interview: Rob Lowe, aka Supermundane
Mark Sinclair talks to the artist and designer about his new book, Lost Ordinary Magic, and the importance of recognising the power of simplicity and the everyday wonders that surround us
Unravelling adland’s obsession with 90s nostalgia
We explore how the 90s, an era the UK looks favourably upon for its thriving culture, are continually inspiring a stagnated creative industry
Building the visual world of Fontaines DC
The band’s surreal new album visuals explore a darker, more grotesque side of romance. We speak to the creative team behind the campaign about challenging the visual tropes of rock music